A day late. . .

I haven't got Dad's Dear Elder here, so
that's strange, but they should start coming now hopefully.

So after I talked to you, we got on the
plane and didn't fly out til like 8:15 because they had to manually
start the plane because of electrical issues. Scary right? I HATE DELTA.
Tell Gma and Gpa. They'll love that I agree. Then we flew to Detroit
then had a delayed flight there (luckily or we might not have made it to the
connection). There was the coolest lady on the flight there. Her name was
Carmen. She was a devout catholic and had no interest in being converted, but
had so many questions. So I got to missionary work right away. She had a lot of
friends that were LDS, so she just needed clarification. I also referred her to
mormon.org for more answers too. She told me
she would pray for me. She was a sweetie. Hopefully the missionaries find her
in Cali. She was on her way to Paris. But after we ate in Detroit (it was a
legit airport), we took the 30 min hop of a flight to Indiana. Pres and Sis
Cleveland were so excited. They are adorable. Coach looks the same. :) I didn't
get to interview with him, but hopefully we'll get to talk a little bball soon.
Have the Aggies played yet? Hopefully they'll dominate. We had testimony
meeting that night and then stayed with some sisters in a sketchy apartment in
Carmel on an Indy Car mattress. Carmel is beautiful. I want to bring you all
back. Especially the temple. It's going up quick! I heard a date of October
2014, so hopefully that's true!

The next day, we had training and got
our companions. My companion is Sister O. She's 6'1''. She's an awesome
missionary. We haven't been able to do a whole lot of teaching because the
elders left horrible notes and we're just trying to get organized with the
other companionship of sisters that live with us and share the area. We're all
brand new to the area, so it's basically opening a new area. I just think the
elders were stuck with the work, so sisters will be good. Our apartment is way
nice. I have a walk in closet. Who would have thought that would happen on the
mission.

We taught a part member family our
first night and their 12 year old son has a baptismal date for late Sept. He is
awesome and has great desires. His mom and sister are trying to get active
again, so that's good.

We have basically just spent a lot of
time organizing. I know, not too exciting, but the work will hasten this week,
I can feel it! The ward here is awesome. They are excited about missionary
work, especially since there are sisters now. The other sisters got dropped by a few people because they weren't the elders, but they
were obviously investigating for the wrong reasons, so that's okay.

GOOD NEWS: I ate Hoosier Pie (sugar
cream) and oh my it was good. Sister J made it for us. She's famous for
her pies. It was fantastic. Her husband is a mirror image of Mike Van Noy. No
lie. So far, there's not too much weird food. A lot of people with their shirts
off.

We got asked to go to the mall with two
16 year old boys. It was pretty funny.

It was 99 the other day and a lot of
humidity. We were a little sweaty to say the least.

Yesterday, we were going to Indy to
play with our zone at a church, got completely lost in the literal Ghetto, and
a black man walking down the street got mad at us, so that was exciting.

Our zone getting ice cream.

Our district with Sister Coltrin
(teacher)

Our district with Brother Palmer
(teacher)

Well, I'm about out of time, so I'm going to send another
email with pictures and call it good until next Monday (hopefully Monday....)

LOVE YOU ALL! This gospel is true! How's reading PMG going?

Would you all send me your favorite scripture? K thanks!

LOVE YOU! MISS YOU! HAVE FUN! BE GOOD!

Sister Darcie, OUT!

More Pictures!

The first is with the Zone Leaders we
were able to be Sister Training Leaders with

(Elder W and Elder P-
They're going to Jamaica)

Next is my travel buddy, Sister C (from Twin Falls).

Next is the temple in Carmel! It looks
so good!

Next is the mattress I slept on the
first night. Questionable. And hurt my neck.

First, my walk in closet. My very first
one ever.

Next, A rat trap the elders left. We
thought it was for real a problem,

but then we found a note on the back
that said JK.

Next, A random rooster that was in our
freezer made of corn kernels. Weird....

Last, me and my companion, Sista
O from Littleton Colorado!

All the sisters are still emailing...I thought we were
running out of time but I'll keep talking to ya. :)

So basically, I miss the mountains already. I'm kind of
getting the hang of what direction is what, but it'll take me a while to master
it for sure. I absolutely HATE the roads here. Utah had it right trying to do a
grid system. Nothing here is in a square. There are roads going all different
directions and craziness. That's why I need my GPS. OH! And please update it
before you send it! The cord is in the bottom middle box thing in the van
(below the cupholders). All you have to do is plug it into my laptop and open
the garmin program. GRACIAS! Hopefully it makes it here okay. Sister O'Brien
dropped hers the other day and it no longer works. I'm going to get a lanyard
or something for mine, cause we use it while walking, so I don't want to drop
it.

I guess I'll give you a list of the people that were in my
MTC district so in case you run into their parents online like with Zach's

Sister Meridien Handy from San Diego.

Sister Jennifer Cutler from Twin Falls.

Sister Alecia Jeffery from Mountain Home.

Elder Zackary Lindhardt from Logan, Utah (He graduated with
Cole).

Elder Ryan Halversen from Rigby.

Elder Samuel Jenks from Farmington (by Smith's).

Elder Dustin Shirley from Washington.

We had an awesome zone. We had missionaries going to
Jamaica, Washington Everett, and Iowa Des Moines. There was a Sister Wilkinson
from Leeds England going to Jamaica. She was seriously one of the funniest
people ever. Her companions were Sister Barney and Sister Chirinos. They all
were my favorites. it was such a blessing to be in a zone with them as especially
to be a Sister Training Leader for them because we got to visit with them every
night. The sisters going to washington were awesome too. The MTC was fun, but
it is great to be in Indiana.